Polymark Corp.

30 Cited authorities

Vaca v. Sipes
386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,222 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"
Air Line Pilots v. O'Neill
499 U.S. 65 (1991) Cited 1,082 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that this rule "applies to all union activity"
Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild
525 U.S. 33 (1998) Cited 425 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that discretionary actions taken by the union on a member's behalf are not arbitrary even where the member can demonstrate they were "erroneous or unsuccessful."
Teachers v. Hudson
475 U.S. 292 (1986) Cited 408 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that the First Amendment restrains government-compelled exactions of money
Breininger v. Sheet Metal Workers
493 U.S. 67 (1989) Cited 303 times
Holding that failure of union to refer plaintiff for employment was not cognizable under the LMRDA because it did not involve "discipline"
Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
345 U.S. 330 (1953) Cited 882 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts
Communications Workers of America v. Beck
487 U.S. 735 (1988) Cited 279 times 45 Legal Analyses
Holding that non-members could not be charged "to support union activities beyond those germane to collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment"
Steele v. L. N.R. Co.
323 U.S. 192 (1944) Cited 963 times
Holding that a labor organization must represent all members of a "craft or class of employees . . . regardless of their union affiliations or want of them"
Machinists v. Street
367 U.S. 740 (1961) Cited 470 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that because the individual Street plaintiffs "have in the course of [this action] made known to their respective unions their objection to the use of their money for the support of political causes . . . the respective unions were without power to use payments thereafter tendered by them for such political causes"
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
388 U.S. 175 (1967) Cited 335 times
Holding that majority rule concept is at the center of federal labor policy
Section 151 - Findings and declaration of policy
29 U.S.C. § 151 Cited 5,111 times 35 Legal Analyses
Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"
Section 151 - Definitions; short title
45 U.S.C. § 151 Cited 2,978 times 7 Legal Analyses
Defining "minor dispute" as disputes "growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions."

Polymark Corp.

30 Cited authorities

Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"

Holding that this rule "applies to all union activity"

Holding that discretionary actions taken by the union on a member's behalf are not arbitrary even where the member can demonstrate they were "erroneous or unsuccessful."

Holding that the First Amendment restrains government-compelled exactions of money

Holding that failure of union to refer plaintiff for employment was not cognizable under the LMRDA because it did not involve "discipline"

Holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts

Holding that non-members could not be charged "to support union activities beyond those germane to collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment"

Holding that a labor organization must represent all members of a "craft or class of employees . . . regardless of their union affiliations or want of them"

Holding that majority rule concept is at the center of federal labor policy

Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"

Defining "minor dispute" as disputes "growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions."